packsaddle
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of packsaddle
First recorded in 1350–1400, packsaddle is from Middle English pakke saddil. See pack 1, saddle
Example Sentences
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Wrapped like a package, the bundle is tied with manty rope and lashed to each side of a Decker-style packsaddle.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 19, 2017
In their knowledge of Indian character, of horse and packsaddle lore, of the forest and its trails in every season, these men of the Cowpens were the kings of the old frontier.
From The Paths of Inland Commerce; a chronicle of trail, road, and waterway by Hulbert, Archer Butler
On this day's march we passed the spot where I had put the horse's packsaddle in the sandal-wood-tree, and where my first horse had given in.
From Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated, by Giles, Ernest
Jones had brought a packsaddle and two panniers.
From Tales of lonely trails by Grey, Zane
The more civilised make up of canvass or "gunny bags" stuffed with hay and provided with cross bars, a rude packsaddle, which is admirably calculated to gall the animal's back.
From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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